Postcode district · Aberystwyth
Crime in SY23
How much crime is recorded in SY23, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Ceredigion
- Region
- Wales
- Population
- 38,402 (2024)
SY23Postcode district · Aberystwyth
How safe is SY23
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 26.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in SY23, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
26.5
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
75
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
SY23National
Anti-social behaviour28.510.7
Violence and sexual offences23.323.6
Burglary6.59.1
Shoplifting5.18.4
Criminal damage and arson4.44.7
Public order4.44.6
Drugs3.42.4
Other theft3.34.5
Other crime1.21.5
Possession of weapons0.80.9
Vehicle crime0.73.5
Robbery0.61.4
Theft from the person0.62.1
Bicycle theft0.41.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 30% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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10
20
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40
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.